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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
2
A London Outlook meditation contrasts a sleeping, destitute man on an embankment bench with a policeman rousing him. The author likens waking violence to a fish dragged from depth, pondering humanity’s longing for quiet, natural sleep amid a loud world.
Riverside notes show Frank Hovel visiting Iowa City on Monday while Henry Griffin returns from Goldfield. Bailey Boone of Iowa City checks hardware interests. Karl Casper visits James Tobin. Rose Yansky goes to Iowa City. J N Schnoebelen travels for Hawkeye Lightning Rod Co. sale of H L Swift factory to Mr Wilson of Illinois.
Ainsworth residents report visitors and travels. Dr H B Hamilton heads to Denver for relatives and sightseeing. H H Wickham of Chicago visits his parents T Y Wickham and wife, with Milliard. they shop in Washington. Mrs W T Trotter Jr travels to Washington to visit her mother Mrs George Norton. Longnecker goes to Des Moines. Mrs Tompson represents Keota at the state W R C and G A R gathering. Longnecker will sightsee. EF A Hulse travels for Epworth League institutes. Hulse and family attend Verne Ashby and Frank Sterling wedding in Washington.
Keota items note Myrtle Edgington returning from South Dakota to teach again this fall with higher pay. Nelle and Edith Dayton arrive from Oaks North Dakota for summer, Edith teaching music and art. Residents visit relatives in Fairfield Storm Lake Elbrun and Nevada IA. The column mentions travels of Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, Lutz family, McDonald relatives, and Swift’s trip to the sanitarium and camp meeting.
A 1910 verse about two boys Willie and Johnnie who work for a weary boss. Willie hustles to chores while Johnnie trudges with gloom as the boss complains that neither shows real talent. The speaker imagines their future, noting Willie’s rise and Johnnie’s constant losses.
Chicago plans a monster Fourth with a historic pageant in the morning and a large scale military tournament at Grant Park beginning at 2 15 pm. Thousands of soldiers will encamp at Camp Dickinson and participate across infantry cavalry artillery signal engineers hospital corps and aviators in a nationwide patriotic showcase.
Crawfordsville reports Mrs. Henry Hough Robert McCall and M C Delong as Washington bound passengers this morning. Rev W G Robertson left for Kirkwood Illinois after a yesterday visit. Mr and Mrs Will Neal came from Burlington to visit his mother. Marvin Dawson arrived this morning from the south.
The text explains that most men unless near water could not easily obtain fish. Rich households kept fish ponds or stews and sea fish like cod and herring were salted. Excess salt fish consumption is linked to leprosy. Fish was baked in pies to travel long distances.
To clean ivory ornaments crush them with lukewarm water and a touch of soap then rinse in the same temperature water. Dry with a cloth and brush until luster returns. Apply a little alcohol on the brush and if yellowed dry gently with heat for best results.
Atchison Globe notes unusual energy as residents show springlike enthusiasm beyond traditional season, with shoppers, gardeners, and readers embracing outdoor projects and brighter community gatherings despite early calendar.
The New York Chess Club, organized in 1800, holds the city’s oldest record for age and includes many famed players among its active and honorary members. Its match history regions across national and international games inspire modern players across politics, commerce, art, letters, and war.
From Mark Twain's A Dog Tale a scientist is praised for proving a theory while a mother dog comforts her dying pup. The narrator, focusing on the dying animal, recalls the creature seeking motherly solace as it passes away.
Baron Neupauer visited the Gratz Discount bank to sell an 1864 state lottery bond. A bank official recognized the bond as the one that three years earlier won the first prize of 600,000 kronen, a valuable old instrument.
The article compares the Japanese blade with the Damascus sword noting one key manufacturing difference. The Damascus blade uses a uniform high temper for flexibility while the Japanese blade employs two tempers with a hard edge and a milder body for elasticity.
London Daily Telegraph notes the fresh water eel was first found in the depths of the Messina straits where deep whirlpools draw up rare deep sea creatures. The discovery shed light on the life history of a mysterious fish.
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